possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are -- the chair: on this question the yeas are 246. the nays are 173. the amendment is agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment 47 presented in house report 112-88, offered by the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 47, printed in house report number 112-88, offered by mrs. maloney of new york. the chair: recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national

house chamber. in honor of dad being the president who served the longest in the house of representatives. ater, the senate placed bad's cast it in proposed outside the senate chamber -- dad's casket in repose outside the senate chamber. in the twilight of his life, dad was invited back to speak at the capitol. on that special evening, he reflected on his time here fondly. "while i may have lived at the other end of pennsylvania avenue for 2.5 years, the capital has always been my home. always. and i am very proud of that." today, the house, senate, and the people of michigan symbolically and permanently welcome dad back to the capital, back to the home that he never left. as i thought about this statute, i have wondered what the school children visiting the rotunda in 100 years will learn about dad. perhaps they will recall vice presidents cheney's description of bad's first day as president. "the 62nd years of gerald ford's were a time of faults words and built well and there was great malice and great hurt and it all began to pass away on a friday in august when gerald ford laid his hand

house. this is one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, the hon. henry kissinger, members of the united states house of representatives, the governor of michigan, members of the united states senate, and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the hon. john boehner. >> to date we formally accept the statue of gerald r. ford in the placement of the national statuary hall of collections in the rotunda of the united states capitol. this ceremony is held in accordance with the house concurrent resolution 27 which was approved by the congress on may 16 of this year. the resolution also expresses congress's gratitude to the people of michigan for providing this commemoration of one of its most eminent citizens. we are joined today by the governor of michigan and the members of the congressional delegation. we are also joined by members of president for's cabinet and his senior staff as well. cabinet and ford's his senior staff as well. we also have members of president ford's family. finally, there she could not be with us to

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 234, the nays are 182. the amendment is adopted. there being no further amendments, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 1216 and pursuant to house resolution 269 reports the bill back to the house with the amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further proceedings on t

instead of using the traditional center steps to the rotunda of the house of representatives, we had e house steps. it was then placed in repose outside the lid house chamber in honor of dad being the president who served the longest in the house of representatives. several days later the senate placed dad's casket in repose outside the senate chamber and then the casket was carried out the senate steps to begin dad's final journey home to michigan. in the twilight of his life, dad was invited back to speak at the capitol. and on that special evening, he reflected fondly on a sign here, quote, while i may have lived at the other end of pennsylvania avenue for 2 1/2 years, the capitol has always been my home. always, and i'm very, very proud of that. today the house and senate and the people of michigan symbolically and permanently welcome dad back to the capitol, back to the home in his heart he never left. and as i thought about this statue, i have wondered what the school children visiting the rotunda in 100 years will learn about dad. perhaps he will speak of speaker o'neill's movi

. >> you're going to face a vote in the house of representatives soon and you would certainly face the issue of the debt if you were elected president of the united states.

cannabis conundrum well and i you know i don't see that coming out of john boehner republican house of representatives but the democrats control the senate there are you know over boss told a lot of democrats left the house of representatives. his is the failure of democrats at the federal level to take this odd a reflection of a genuine public say dislike for the legalization of pot or they do or a decriminalization medicinal marijuana or is it political cowardice or is it just low on their priority list here are some numbers that are important seventy five percent of the public wants medical access to marijuana that's huge numbers out's the same percentage want to decriminalize what vexes me the most as an actress is that about forty six percent want it legalized so there's a thirty percent gap there for the softer forms versus the much more difficult legalization or if you're a politician you should be following the tip o'neill school here and realize this is what the people want. and but that they're not moving in that direction no any is there is there any evidence at all do you have any legislat

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in the congressional record on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment number 2 by mr. tonko of new york, amendment number 9 by mr. cardoza of california. the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first electronic vote in this series. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] prohibited by the u.s. house of without objection, so ordered. mr. leahy: mr. president, we're nearl

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served with a subpoena for documents issued by the united states department of labor office of administrative law judges in connection with a workers' compensation claim pending before that office. after consultation with the office of general counsel i've determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed sincerely, gene green, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately live coverage of the u.s. house when members return always here on c-span. >> follow the house and senate when you want. c-span pose a comprehensive resource on congress, congressional chronicle, makes it easy to find information about your elected officials. with the daily schedules, a full list of members, each day's committee hearings, a video of s

in the house of representatives, the republicans have the majority. ass a budget out of the house. i hope that the senate democrats here will also put a budget on the floor, that we will be able to vote on and amend and have a meaningful discussion about spending and debt and what we're going to do to get this country back on a path of fiscal sustainability. now, the president sort of, i think you'd tkpwaourbgs punted -- argue, punted when it comes to the issue of debt by saying i'm going to appoint a kphreugs to look at this issue. the commission studied it for several months, came out with findings and ultimately a report in which they put forth a series of recommendations for dealing with the fiscal crisis. the president sort of distanced himself from those recommendations, chose not to take those things and to really engage with that commission and their recommendations, and then subsequent to that submitted a budget this year which ironically didn't do anything to address the long-term issues of spending and debt. rather, increased spending over t

speaker of the of the house of representatives. >> today we formally accept the statue of gerald ford for placement in the rotunda. this presentation ceremony is concurrent with the house resolution approved by the car runs on may 16 of this year. the resolution also expresses gratitude to the people of michigan for providing this commemoration of one of its most eminent citizens. we're joined today by the governor of michigan and the members of the congressional delegation. we're also joined by members of president for's cabinet and his senior staff as well. -- president ford's cabinet and his senior staff as well. we are pleased to have members of his family, including three of his children. though she could not be with us here today, i know we're all thinking of the former first lady, betty ford, without whom none of this would have been possible. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors and the singing of our national anthem, and the retiring of the colors. [singing national anthem] >> please remain standing as the chaplain of the senate gives the i

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir. i hereby give notice of my resignation from the united states house of representatives effective monday, may 9, 2011, at 1:30 eastern. included is a cappy i submitted to governor brian sandoval serving nevada's second congressional district has been one of the greatest honors of my life. my state has the unfortunate distinction of leading the nation in unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy. there is no question that our nation needs to change the way we do business if we are going to get our economy back on track. it has been a privileged to join my house colleagues in the fight to restore fiscal responsibility to washington and work towards a more prosperous future for our great nation. i look forward to continuing our important work in the united states senate. signed sincerely, dean heller, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as co-sponsor of h.r. 1081. the speaker pro tempore: w

work on an ethics issue involving a former speaker of the house of representatives. mr. cardin: it was a tough decision to bring together six members of the house, three democrats, three republicans, and to do it in a way that would maintain the nonpartisan requirements of an ethics investigation. the atmosphere was very partisanly charged around the work that we were doing. i know this sounds familiar because people in maryland and connecticut and around the nation understand that we're working in a very partisan environment here and they expect the people that are charged with the department of justice to work in a nonpartisan manner. this is not a partisan position, the deputy attorney general. this is a person who is working with the attorney general as the nation's lawyer. and we want somebody who has the experience, someone who has th the -- the character and commitment to carry out this very important position. as i said, i've known jim cole. he has 13 years experience within the department of justice as a public interest attorney. that's been the largest part

wink and a nod kind of deal well it goes beyond that i mean when billy tauzin was in the house of representatives he left the house early he did go she did the medicare part d. deal which forbids the government from from pain anything other than the highest retail price for pharmaceuticals sure just bankrupting medicare and then he and handing three at least three hundred billion dollars a year to the pharmaceutical company my recollection is right correct me if i'm wrong it's some huge amount of money he leaves there goes to pharma becomes a farmer a two million dollar euro job and he had to get a waiver from congress to do this they all voted to say ok you don't have to wait to twelve months i mean it's like this is enough to make people's heads explode right we would hope that they will who enforces these losses this justice department yeah well when you find out please let me know because i'd like to make a make a phone call we would very much. free press we're at we're sort of alone in the wilderness right now. in raising a big stink about this we're actually deeply disturbed by the fact tha

-- or the dc committee of the house of representatives. so things start to loosen up in the 1960s. and it very much there's a relationship between kind of flowering of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the opening up of possibilities for home rule in dc. >> yes, sir? [inaudible] >> if violence played a similar role in the washington dc. >> did violation play a role in the washington dc city? >> that's an interesting question, and, no, there was not -- there were periodic -- well, the answer's no. there were sort of episodes of racial violence but actually they didn't connect to the redemption that i'm talking about, the kind of changing form of government. and so but one of the things that i want to highlight by talking about washington's redemption in those terms, redemption in the public confederacy wasn't always violent either. in some places our kind of vision of it, at least, i think, right now, many of us have a vision of a rampant and organized plan -- the kind of plan and democratic party planned coalition and these violent

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 233. the nays are 179. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: on that i ask a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibi

of spending, to bring back into the arena in which it belongs which is the united states house of representatives, the people's house. the mandatory spending was not in the bill that passed this house in november of 2009. this language was put in by the united states senate. and why was it put in by the united states senate? because they were playing "let's make a deal." they got there by buying votes. this small provision, someone must have sold out very cheaply. this small provision was one of the provisions that allowed them to do that. again, i would remind my colleagues that you cannot use the money that is provided in 4101-a, you cannot use that money to have a doctor or nurse in the clinic. in fact, you're expressly prohibited from that. i suspect that's why the president did not issue a voteo threat on this particular piece of legislation because he himself considered no money on the discretionary side which will provide the services of a doctor or a nurse. look, we have one small chance to reclaim some small part of our sanity in the united states house of representatives, in the people'

every ten years the house of representatives gets reshuffled based on census data states may gain or lose congressional seats depending on how many people enter or leave certain states this is sure is that the house reflects the changing population in america as a result of last year's census the state of ohio is slated to lose for example two congressional seats in next year's election and since republicans control the state legislature in ohio they're picking off the progressive districts most notably the tenth district of ohio a district faithfully represented by dennis because senate for more than fourteen years now considered a leading voice among progressives has to look for a new district to represent just to stay in congress rumor has it he's been shopping around near seattle and washington state which is gaining a congressional seat is that state's population has grown so while the house is constantly adding or subtracting congresspeople depending on how many people have moved into or out of the various states and guess what the senate is doing absolutely nothing that's becau

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on may 17, 2011, at 9:45 a.m. that the senate passed, senate 349, senate 655, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 793. appointments, board of visitors of the united states naval academy, board of visitors of the united states military academy, board of visitors of the united states air force academy, board of visitors of the united states merchant marine academy. board of visitors of the united states coast guard academy. united states caucus on international narcotics control. with best wishes i am, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the cler

percent of that money be spent on chinese made products the democrats propose that in the house of representatives the republicans stripped the american made out of it you know this in the stimulus we actually did succeed in getting the buy america language applied we did but now universally. on the other thing we didn't do is i would have invested a lot more in infrastructure and real things we did tax rebates we did a whole bunch of other stuff there wasn't as productive investment that would create jobs directly which we've argued all the way through put the money into things that employ people and now that that money is pretty much rapidly vanishing there's no more buy america anywhere know what we have in some of our d o d laws our department of defense laws and our transportation appropriations money the things to go for that do have some buy america coverage paid needs to be strengthened if there's things you can do to make it better but our our even our coverage under these laws is less than the countries that complain about us having them they have even broader to mesnick preference claus

house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on maye 26, 2011, at 6:25 p.m., that the senate concur in house amendment with an amendment. senate 990. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> i present a privilege red port for printing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk rill epe -- will report the title. the clerk: a bill making appropriationers in department of homeland security for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2012, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the union calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 21, all points of order are reserved. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. dreier: i send to the desk a privilege red port from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 281, resolution providing for consideration of the h

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the united states. and maybe the gentleman on the other side might want to and during your time you'll have an opportunity to address that. >> i'd like to ask you a question. mr. scalise: we need to start installing fiscal discipline in this house and we're doing it now and it means no more blank checked and no more unbridled spending. the president will have an opportunity to join us in that debate but frankly it starts tonight and we're saying we're not going to keep giving the credit limit. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman om michigan, mr. camp, reserves. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. levin: it's now my pleasure to yield to the whip, mr. hoyer from maryland, three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding, unfortunately, thi

we will now go to the house of the -- go to the floor of the house of representatives. on this day we ask your blessing on the meb and -- men and women of the people's house who have been entrusted with the care of this great nation's people and because of the great blessings you have bestowed on our nation, the opportunity to build a better world beyond our borders as well. please teach each member to be generous with the gifts you have given and the opportunities with which they have been presented. may they give and not count the cost. fight for the greater good and not count the wounds. toil in their efforts and not seek to rest. labor and not ask for reward other than to know that they are doing your will. may all that they do this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlelady from kansas. ms. jenkins: please join me in the pl

is right around the corner and there's one place i always turn for my fitness tips, the house of representatives. (laughter) just check out this month's issue of the very not gay men's health magazine. that's illinois republican aaron schoch showing off his six-pack abs. and if you look closely you can also see his pathway to prosperity. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now congressman schoch is partnering with men's health to promote a fitness initiative called the fit for life summer challenge encouraging all americans to get fit for life until september. then we turn back into-- then we turn back into alfredo-based life forms. i applaud congressman schoch for using the power of his office to raise awareness of just how ripped he is. of course this isn't the first time i laid eyes on aaron schoch. i spoke with the fully clothed congressman back in 2009. jim? >> hi, stephen colbert. nice to meet you. >> hi, mr. colbert, welcome. >> stephen: tell me about the fighting 18th. >> tell you about what? >> stephen: the fighting 18th. >> the fighting 18th1234 what's the fighting 18th. >> st

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate . the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes mr. quigley for five minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. on the first day of this congress, members took turns reading the constitution on the floor of this house. it was a worthwhile exercise. however, some parts were omitted. there was no recital of the amendment that established prohibition or have slaves be returned to their owners or slaves were 3/5 of the human being. i guess nobody wanted to be the one reading those parts and i can understand that. but it got me thinking. lately that really ther

house of representatives. e speaker pro tempore: the mark will be offered by the d farr. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thankers in rich spiritual traditions you have bestowed upon this nation. may we be worthy of the heritage we have received. grant us the disposition to be still and to pray. the courage to respect the prayers of others. and the faith to know our prayers are never in vain. then, having prayed, grant us the willingness to bridge the divides that arise in a thriving democracy. lift our eyes that we might see above the immediacy of the present clamor. to the feast that is forged by a life spent in intimacy with you that we might tsao peace in our land in this house and in the garden of our soul. in your name we pray, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge all

representatives in the u.s. senate, barbara boxer and dianne feinstein, women, minority leader, former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. go up and down the peninsula, sacramento -- women, women. we do not just enable women to lead in the bay area, we cherish their leadership. it is very special and important to us. having this in san francisco is going to be a big deal. we are not just going to welcome it, we are going to make it happen in a big way. we are going to count our on our friends here in city hall to do et like none other. when it comes to being on the world stage, i think that we are going to leave that to charlotte to figure it out. we will just help them make it happen, the way we think we can do. our belief is the success of women in world economies is going to be the success of the world economy. that is how important this is. lorraine provided some of the statistical background to indicate what happens to gdp when women play a role. as the leaders of a ceo organization like the bay area council, i think we can do more to make women ceo's and to support them, support them as often hours.

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. miller, for five minutes. mr. miller: mr. speaker, members of the house, this congress is entering its fifth month without bringing a single jobs bill to the floor, and there are no job bills in sight but we do hear calls for a series of trade agreements, including ones with colombia and korea. at a time when americans are still looking for work, congress will protect foreign countries and not jobs here at home. at a time when 2.9 million american workers were fired, they w

the republicans control the house of representatives. the democrats control the senate. the only possibility for us to make progress is a bipartisan budget. that's why i was deeply involved in the process on the president's fiscal commission, 18 of us for a year. and it is the only place a bipartisan budget has so far emerged. 11 of us supported it. five democrats, five republicans and one independent. 11 of us out of the 18 on the commission. madam president, we now have underway the group of five talks, democrats and republicans working together. but most important, we have at the leadership level, republican leaders from the house and the senate, democratic leaders from the house and the senate and the president of the united states. what -- and the vice president of the united states. what sense could it make for us to go to mark up of a budget before we have seen the results of these leadership talks? that makes no sense. we have a bipartisan discussion underway, republican leaders, democratic leaders and the white house. we ought to have the courtesy and the patienc

that as the house of representatives calls for legislation to protect consumers from the increasing number of data breaches. >> the 77 million accounts stolen including some 10 million credit card numbers, the data breach of sony play station is the great cyber attack. >> sony turned down an invitation to testify at a hearing yesterday. instead the company sent a letter calling at victim of a sophisticated cyber attack. >>> coming up, a heads up for dog owners, first of a kind survey reveals a surprising health problem in the family pet. >> engineers begin a risky maneuver in a failed japanese nuclear reactor. >> one of best known buildings is about to undergo a renovation. >> you could be shopping in one, a unique new store polling popping up in a san francisco neighborhood. esep 4:47. check out the temperatures, cool spot is 57 in seattle. it's going to be near hundred in phoenix. no flight delays and with the country mainly quiet, we won't see any delays weather wise. our flight tracker will have them at abc7news.com. >>> san francisco will announce new details for the makeover project

another thing to keep in mind is that particularly in the house of representatives, the committee on the district of columbia for much of the 20th century was dominated and shared by outright segregationists from the south, and so to the extent that anything could have happened, any reforms could have been done by congress, congressmen used dc to make a point about what their politics were and kind of bill after bill after bill to reform government in dc and get local people more control died in the dc committee of the house of representatives, so things start to loosen up in the 1960s, and very much the -- there's a relationship between the kind of flowering of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the opening up of possibilities for home rule in dc. >> yes, sir. >> [inaudible] is violence played a similar role in the redemption -- >> did violence play a role in the redemption of washington city? >> so that's an interesting question, and no, there was not -- there were periodic -- well, the answer is no. there were episodes of racial violence, but they didn't connect to the rede

minnesota's state legislature house of representatives, 10 years. esota house majority leader, four years. state of minnesota eight years, 2003-2011. question, can pawlenty win iowa? tim? >> absolutely, and i'm very happy he began by going to iowa and attacking ethanol subsidies, especially because he used to favor them. that takes guts. his being from a border state is good. okay, michelle bachman could complicate it, but if the ethanol thing is a cue and he'll really battle the special interests like barack obama pretends do do, i think he can catch a lot of attention and win iowa. >> who is that lady? >> michelle bachman. >> the alpha female is. >> and she's too from minnesota and could -- >> born in iowa. >> born in waterloo, and she could tap into the evangelical base and tea party base better than they about. >> what about the problems she has, where places are located. >> oh, workplaces? -- [everyone talking at once] >> she had historical problems, said the founding fathers ended slavery. she's a very -- >> said something in maine and new hamp

house of -- or the d.c. committee of the house of representatives. so things start to loosen up in the 1960s, and very much the -- there's a relationship between the kind of flowering of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the opening up of possibilities for home rule in the d.c. >> yes, sir. >> white folks, obviously, played a very important role in the quote, redemption of the confederacy during and after reconstruction. if violence -- did violence play a similar role in the, quote, redemption of washington, d.c.? >> did violence play a role in the redemption of washington city? is. >> no. so that's an interesting question. and, no, there was not, there were periodic -- well, the answer is, no. there were sort of episodes of racial violence, but actually they didn't connect to the redemption that i'm talking about, the kind of changing form of government. and so, but one of the things that i want to highlight by talking about washington's redemption in those terms is that, actually, recemtion in the states of the former confederacy wasn't alw

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. paul, for five minutes. mr. paul: i thank the speaker and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. paul: mr. speaker, osama bin laden applauded the 9/11 attacks, such an act of deliberate killing of innocent lives deserves retribution. it is good that bin laden is dead and justice served. targeted retribution is far interior to -- superior to wars of aggression and nation building. i supported giving the president's aut